2. Bundesliga: Darmstadt 98 prevails over Sandhausen 2-1
DARMSTADT. Darmstadt 98 bested Sandhausen to win 2-1.
DARMSTADT. Darmstadt 98 conquered Sandhausen to win 2-1. It was Darmstadt 98 to strike first with an early goal of B. M. Manu at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 24′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Mehlem gave the win to Darmstadt 98 in the 55′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor stadium in Darmstadt on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Winter who was helped by Julius Martenstein and Roman Potemkin. The 4th official was Lars Erbst. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot around 27.8 degrees Celsius or 82.06 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 50%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Darmstadt 98 was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Sandhausen that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Darmstadt 98 was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Darmstadt 98 won the match.
Darmstadt 98 shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Sandhausen shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Darmstadt 98 received 2 yellow cards (J. Muller and P. Tietz). On the other side, Sandhausen received 3 yellow cards (C. Kinsombi, T. Trybull and D. Dumic).
After playing this match, Darmstadt 98 has 0 points to occupy the 16th place in the table. while Sandhausen stays with 3 points (7th).
Match Events
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9'9'
B. M. Manu
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24'24'
A. Zhirov
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50'50'
J. Muller
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53'53'
C. Zimmermann
C. Riedel
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55'55'
M. Mehlem
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61'61'
C. Kinsombi
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62'62'
M. Warming
B. M. Manu
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65'65'
T. Trybull
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76'76'
P. Tietz
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76'76'
D. Dumic
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77'77'
M. Ritzmaier
T. Trybull
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77'77'
A. Kutucu
M. Pulkrab
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77'77'
A. Esswein
C. Kinsombi
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77'77'
P. Ochs
D. Kinsombi
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89'89'
J. Ganda
C. Okoroji
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90'90'
F. Ronstadt
M. Mehlem
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90'90'
Y. Ben Balla
T. Kempe
Next match
In the upcoming 2. Bundesliga match, Darmstadt 98 will play away with Eintracht Braunschweig on the 7th of August with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Darmstadt 98 (3 draws).
Sandhausen will host Fortuna Düsseldorf on the 5th of August with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Fortuna Düsseldorf (2 draws).
Darmstadt 98: Formation and Lineups
Darmstadt 98 started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
The manager Torsten Lieberknecht chose to play with the following team: Marcel Schuhen , Clemens Riedel , Klaus Gjasula , Jannik Müller , Matthias Bader , Tobias Kempe , Marvin Mehlem , Fabian Schnellhardt , Fabian Holland , Braydon Manu and Phillip Tietz .
Substitutes
Darmstadt 98 made 4 changes: C. Riedel for C. Zimmermann (53′), B. M. Manu for M. Warming (62′), M. Mehlem for F. Ronstadt (90′) and T. Kempe for Y. Ben Balla (90′).
Top player: Braydon Manu
Probably the most impressive player in Darmstadt 98 was Braydon Manu.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Sandhausen: Formation and Lineups
Sandhausen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Alois Schwartz played with: Patrick Drewes , Dennis Diekmeier , Dario Đumić , Aleksandr Zhirov , Chima Okoroji , Erik Zenga , Tom Trybull , Christian Kinsombi , Janik Bachmann , David Kinsombi and Matej Pulkrab .
Substitutes
Sandhausen made 5 changes: T. Trybull for M. Ritzmaier (77′), M. Pulkrab for A. Kutucu (77′), C. Kinsombi for A. Esswein (77′), D. Kinsombi for P. Ochs (77′) and C. Okoroji for J. Ganda (89′).
Top player: Aleksandr Zhirov
The player who no doubt impressed Sandhausen the most was Aleksandr Zhirov.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (45% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga
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